GE PETROL Headquarters in Malabo II
Waterfront View from Port of Malabo
La Plaza de La Independencia and the Cathedral of Malabo
City of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Malabo’s small and modern airport is well served by several international carriers including Iberia, Lufthansa, Air France, Astraeus (charter to Gatwick), Aero Contractors, Royal Air Maroc as well as a few regional airlines offering service to surrounding counties and the mainland (Bata). Ethiopian Airlines, the airline with the highest number of International destinations within Africa, will launch service to Malabo three times per week. Delta has announced that they intend to service Malabo weekly starting June 16, 2009. Service will be from Atlanta, Georgia.
In February 2009 the first phase of the new Port of Malabo was finalized. Currently lives in an economic and commercial boom thanks to the incomes commensurate by the oil and natural gas exploitation. The port expansion is one of the huge infrastructure projects taking place in the country. The port expansion is a great project, assumed by the Moroccan firm Somagec, that started in 2007 and is scheduled to be completed in 2009.
When completed, the new Port of Malabo will be home to the following features:
- 485 m Dock with close to 400 m for ships in propulsion, 35 m for RO-RO ships and 50 m for barges and vessels
- 6,000 m operations level ground surface
- 2 cargo storage areas with 8.400 cubic meters capacity
- Passenger terminal with 1,200 m linear platforms
In addition, it is protected with a 400 m retaining wall. It is calculated that with the new port, 27 new hectares will be earned for works that will service the important operations of maritime transportation, loading and unloading, that the country currently needs. The global objective of the project is for Malabo to possess a port according to international standards, and that it serves as a interface for the ships in destination to West and Central Africa. It will also be the only deep water port of the Central African region.
Future projects are the construction of the new Maritime Passageway of Malabo, of five kilometers, that will serve as a departure point for a deep urban renovation, in face of the future of the city and in the improvement of the architectonic configuration.
Malabo is a proud member of WECP is in procession to keep working and learning from his fellow city members, waiting for his time and opportunity to prove his capabilities.